Bead mess, part I

The entry on my Toodledo list seems so simple, but the task itself seems monumental!

Somewhere, in my random spurts of beading in the past … I don’t know, two years? maybe more? … my dream beading area has turned into a nightmare. A hot mess. A craft supplies landfill. And now it’s started to consume my coat closet and entertainment center! Yikes!

This weekend, I’m going to try to fix it, although I have a bad feeling that it’s going to take me much longer than a weekend, but we’ll see.

My goal for the space is to have a table where I can bead, surrounded by my beading supplies in accessible, neatly organized containers. Sadly, I’ve never been able to bead at the table I specifically bought for that purpose! I think I am going to use the space I made in the coat closet for my knitting, sewing and other miscellaneous craft supplies, but those need organizing, too.

I’m also going to try to do this with as little cash as possible. I want to use as many of the containers I already have as I can, but I’m pretty sure I will need to purchase a few things. Hopefully, I can come up with some good bead-area organizing tips and hints along the way that I can pass along to y’all.

OK, brace yourselves: Below is the “before” photo. Watch for updates this week and weekend, both here and on Twitter, and wish me luck!

If you want to share your before and after bead mess photos, e-mail them to me at brown@mysanantonio.com, and I’ll post them in Strung Out. Happy beading!